So, while I wait for the taxman to send my return and bestow upon me a QX9650, I picked up an E4500 to tide me over and I must say, I'm impressed by the performance of this chip for the price! Cost me $137 plus tax at Infonec and it's doing quite well at 8x400 so far with my new G.Skill RAM at 1066 (that's 8GB!!)

Man...I hope your gear arrives soon. I just ordered my final LC parts and I should have everything here this week. If I get some sort of half-decent weather to finish my painting, I might be able to build next weekend!